Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

session hijacking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
ses-sion hi-jack-ing
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of exploit where a victim’s session ID is stolen, allowing the attacker to access a service the victim is logged in to.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

session hijackings (plural)

Phrases

session hijack

Frequently Paired Words

session hijack

Questions

What does session hijacking mean?
A type of exploit where a victim’s session ID is stolen, allowing the attacker to access a service the victim is logged in to.

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